DAP is surprised at the double-standards and special treatment by the police on the Taman Medan church protesters in Petaling Jaya, who committed the barbaric act of protesting against a church and forcing it to take down the sign of the cross from their premise. Why are the Taman Medan church protesters and the brother of the Inspector-General of Police(IGP) not arrested, handcuffed and put under remand, similar to what is suffered by PR leaders and Malaysian Insider journalists?

The Inspector-General of Police’s brother Datuk Abdullah Abu Bakar, who is also the Taman Lindungan Jaya Umno branch chief, only spent a mere four hours at the Petaling Jaya police headquarters answering questions about his prominent role in the Taman Medan church protest. In contrast, PR leaders such as a Selangor State EXCO member was held for 3 days and journalists overnight in a police lockup.

The prominent role played by the IGP’s brother followed The Star’s report today confirming that a certain Victoria Selammal of the Community of Praise Petaling Jaya Church had lodged a police report on Tuesday night against Sunday’s protesters. According to the Star, Victoria met Abdullah after her church service on Sunday, who had then furiously ordered the church to take down the cross. Fearing for the safety of the church and herself, she agreed to take down the cross at 1pm. Abdullah further threatened to report the church to the Petaling Jaya City Hall.

By refusing to arrest, handcuff and put Abdullah under police remand, the police have shown special treatment and double-standards. Is this due to the fact that Abdullah is the brother of the IGP? To prove that the police investigation are professionally done without fear of favour, the IGP must step aside and allow his deputy IGP to take over in the interim period of the police investigation.

How can the public confidence lost be regained when the impression given is that instead of upholding the law the IGP appears to be more interested in protecting his own brother? His initial act of immediately clearing his brother of any wrongdoing by leading the barbaric and extremist protests, shows the urgency and necessity of stepping down as IGP temporarily until investigations are completed.

The barbaric act of UMNO Selangor leaders and a brother of the Inspector-General of Police(IGP), in forcing a church to take down a cross proves that the Sedition Act is used as a political weapon against PR and those who oppose BN, when either the IGP or the Home Minister alone can decide whether investigation will be done without fear or favour.

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